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EPISODE · May 7, 2020 · 53 MIN

Coronavirus Updates: Mike Davis on the World; David Dayen on the USPS & Medicare; John Powers on TV

from Living in the USA

As parts of the US reopened their economies, the Trump Administration defunded the W.H.O., and Dr. Micheal Osterholm reminded that the point of flattening the curve was not to keep everyone from getting the virus, it was to spread-out the infection-rate over time – Mike Davis reports. Next up, we talk with David Dayen of the American Prospect about the need to save the United States Postal Service; he also reports on reasons for the shortage of hospital beds in New York City, the US healthcare system on the whole and Medicare for all. Plus, John Powers of NPR's Fresh Air makes his recommendations for virus-time TV watching.

As parts of the US reopened their economies, the Trump Administration defunded the W.H.O., and Dr. Micheal Osterholm reminded that the point of flattening the curve was not to keep everyone from getting the virus, it was to spread-out the infection-rate over time – Mike Davis reports. Next up, we talk with David Dayen of the American Prospect about the need to save the United States Postal Service; he also reports on reasons for the shortage of hospital beds in New York City, the US healthcare system on the whole and Medicare for all. Plus, John Powers of NPR's Fresh Air makes his recommendations for virus-time TV watching.

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